Jennifer is a partner in the firm’s Corporate Transactions & Securities practice and the leader of the Contract Solutions team. She focuses her practice on:
- Drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts, such as consumer and vendor master service agreements, statements of work, consulting agreements, referral agreements, nondisclosure agreements, supply agreements, reseller and distribution agreements, licensing agreements, managed technology agreements and business process outsourcing agreements.
- Drafting template contracts and stock language repositories for companies to enhance their commercial processes.
- Advising on the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
- Advising on data privacy-related matters (such as GAPR and CCPA), including drafting and negotiating data processing agreements.
- Assisting companies to develop and optimize contract management processes and commercial contracting workflows.
- Counseling organizations’ leadership on legal risks as an outside general counsel.
Prior to joining Thompson Hine, Jennifer served as in-house counsel at a leading global provider of information technology services. During her time in-house, she operated as the lead counsel to multiple business units, advising on risk mitigation, compliance, litigation management and commercial negotiations. During her tenure, she became certified in Lean Six Sigma. Jennifer also worked on many strategic initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions, product development and strategic sourcing.
Prior to her time in-house, Jennifer assisted businesses with a wide variety of corporate transactional matters as an associate in Thompson Hine’s Corporate Transactions & Securities practice group. Her prior law firm experience and the skills she gained as in-house counsel enable her to provide clients with practical, results-oriented advice.
